1. The Space Stone
Seen in: Captain America, The Avengers
Better known in the MCU as the Tesseract, we first saw the Space Stone appear as the MacGuffin in the first Captain America. It was used by Red Skull to forge an arsenal of powerful guns and explosives for Hydra. After sinking to the bottom of the ocean, the Agents of SHIELD dug it up, and began studying it themselves in order to construct their own arsenal. Loki then used it as a portal to help the Chitauri invade New York City in The Avengers, before it ended up in Odin’s vault on Asgard, where it remains to this day.
The Space Stone is most known for enabling its user to travel great distances through space, through either portals or teleportation.
2. The Mind Stone
Seen in: The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War
The Mind Stone has popped up just about everywhere, first appearing inside of Loki’s scepter in The Avengers. The scepter then fell into the hands of Hydra, who used it to grant superpowers to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. After the Avengers recovered the scepter, Ultron removed the stone to create Vision, mounting it in the android’s forehead in hopes of inhabiting the body himself. Vision’s consciousness was instead merged with Tony Stark’s other AI, Jarvis, turning him into the hero we now know.
We’ve already seen the stone used to mind control others, but beyond that, its application in the MCU isn’t entirely clear. In the comics, it gives its owner “near-limitless psionic/psychic abilities,” making Vision one of (if not the) most powerful beings in the MCU
3. The Reality Stone
Seen in: Thor: The Dark World
The Reality Stone was the focal point of Thor: The Dark World, known in that film as the Aether. Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) stumbled on it after being transported to a remote cave before it was absorbed into her body entirely. Malekith then took it for himself as part of a plot to cover the Nine Realms in permanent darkness. Thor and company managed to thwart his plan, delivering it to the Collector’s vault on Knowhere for safe keeping.
The Reality Stone’s main abilities are fairly self explanatory: It can be used to alter the fabric of reality on a fundamental level. Although it appears in a viscous, liquid form, Thor’s Age of Ultron vision showed it solidifying into a red gem.
Seen in: Captain America, The Avengers
Better known in the MCU as the Tesseract, we first saw the Space Stone appear as the MacGuffin in the first Captain America. It was used by Red Skull to forge an arsenal of powerful guns and explosives for Hydra. After sinking to the bottom of the ocean, the Agents of SHIELD dug it up, and began studying it themselves in order to construct their own arsenal. Loki then used it as a portal to help the Chitauri invade New York City in The Avengers, before it ended up in Odin’s vault on Asgard, where it remains to this day.
The Space Stone is most known for enabling its user to travel great distances through space, through either portals or teleportation.
2. The Mind Stone
Seen in: The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War
The Mind Stone has popped up just about everywhere, first appearing inside of Loki’s scepter in The Avengers. The scepter then fell into the hands of Hydra, who used it to grant superpowers to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. After the Avengers recovered the scepter, Ultron removed the stone to create Vision, mounting it in the android’s forehead in hopes of inhabiting the body himself. Vision’s consciousness was instead merged with Tony Stark’s other AI, Jarvis, turning him into the hero we now know.
We’ve already seen the stone used to mind control others, but beyond that, its application in the MCU isn’t entirely clear. In the comics, it gives its owner “near-limitless psionic/psychic abilities,” making Vision one of (if not the) most powerful beings in the MCU
3. The Reality Stone
Seen in: Thor: The Dark World
The Reality Stone was the focal point of Thor: The Dark World, known in that film as the Aether. Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) stumbled on it after being transported to a remote cave before it was absorbed into her body entirely. Malekith then took it for himself as part of a plot to cover the Nine Realms in permanent darkness. Thor and company managed to thwart his plan, delivering it to the Collector’s vault on Knowhere for safe keeping.
The Reality Stone’s main abilities are fairly self explanatory: It can be used to alter the fabric of reality on a fundamental level. Although it appears in a viscous, liquid form, Thor’s Age of Ultron vision showed it solidifying into a red gem.
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